Online Teaching in the Digital Age

by Patricia Jane Swenson, Nancy Annette Taylor

Overview

The essential guide to teaching in a virtual environment

Online Teaching in the Digital Age provides educators with the essential knowledge needed to successfully develop and teach an online course. Throughout this practical hands-on guide, the authors offer 15 years of personal online teaching experience in language accessible to both the novice and advanced online educator. Developed through theory and practice, the text shows educators how to take the materials used in a traditional classroom and transfer them to a new virtual environment. Additionally, it gives educators the confidence and skills needed to run real-time (synchronous) and time-arranged (asynchronous) online discussions. Most reassuring of all, this book shows that few traditional course elements need to change in order to start teaching online.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781483342474
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	01/18/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	104
File size:	912 KB

About the Author

Pat Swenson holds a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Creative Writing from Goddard College and a Master’s Degree in English from California State University, Northridge (CSUN) where she currently teaches English and Humanities. During her 20-year tenure at CSUN, she has developed and maintained a comprehensive website providing online resources for K–12 educators. She also served as both webmaster for the Humanities Program and as faculty representative on the Educational Technology Committee. Her efforts on the Committee culminated in securing online course offerings in the English Department. The recipient of numerous educational grants, she coordinated and evaluated key pilot programs to advance the implementation of online curricula.
Nancy A. Taylor holds a Master’s Degree in English Literature from California State University, Northridge (CSUN) where she currently teaches English and Humanities. For the past 15 years, she has taught traditional and online courses and has served on the English Department Educational Technology Committee. She has been awarded numerous educational grants related to the integration or improvement of online technology as it relates to learning and curriculum, including the development, implementation, and evaluation of pilot programs and expanding the functionality and applicability of educational websites. She has also served as a webmaster for the Humanities Program.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
Chapter 1: The Virtual Classroom: A Dynamic Learning Environment
Chapter 2: Establishing Your Web Presence: The Learning Management System and Course Webpages
Chapter 3: Web 2.0: A World Wide Web of Options
Chapter 4: Choosing Your Course Format and Features
Chapter 5: Planning Future Semesters
Appendix I: Sample Asynchronous Course Syllabus and Schedule
Appendix II: Sample Synchronous Course Syllabus and Schedule
Appendix III: Internet Etiquette Guidelines

Editorial Reviews

11/01/2015
Swenson and Taylor illustrate the hows and whys of online learning for those new to teaching online, though seasoned online educators are likely to gain some wisdom from the material as well.

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